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CVE-2016-1019

Adobe Flash Player Arbitrary Code Execution Vulnerability

KEVCRITICAL 9.8EPSS 22.5%

Does this matter?

Known to be exploited in the wild (CISA KEV, CISA remediation deadline 24 March 2022). Treat as an emergency change: patch or isolate now, then hunt for prior compromise.

Description

Adobe Flash Player 21.0.0.197 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors, as exploited in the wild in April 2016.

CVSS 3.1
9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
22.49% probability · 98th percentile
CISA KEV
Listed 3 March 2022 · due 24 March 2022 · used in ransomware campaigns
Affected
adobe/flash player desktop runtime · adobe/flash player · adobe/air desktop runtime · adobe/air sdk · adobe/air sdk \& compiler
Source
psirt@adobe.com

CISA notes

The impacted product is end-of-life and should be disconnected if still in use. https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1019

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.